Our spicy/sweet marinade was a mixture of a few ideas.  One of them was from an old Cooking Light recipe I ripped out and saved.  It involved soy sauce and maple syrup.  The rest I just came up with.

Sweet and Spicy Marinade – aka Bring on the Baby Sauce

*I didn’t really measure I just threw things together, but I am going to estimate.  Feel free to change the measurements as you’d like!

• 1/3 c. soy sauce (I used lite sodium)
• 1/3 c. maple syrup
• BIG sprinkle of crushed red pepper
• medium sprinkle of red pepper flakes
• 1 T. sesame oil
• 1 T. rice vinegar

Mix together and use to marinate any meat or tofu you would like.  I also added sesame seeds!

We had our main dishes on top of large salads that Brady made.  The salads included:

• romaine
• spinach
• sweet peppers
• avocado
• tomato
• bacon for Brady
• cheese for Brady
• sugar snap peas
• hard boiled egg for Brady

They were light, spicy and summery!

His:

I cooked his pork chops on the stove in a pan because I thought they might burn on the grill.

Hers:

I baked my tofu at 500 for about 20 minutes.  I like it better cooked for 40 min on 450, but I was hungry and impatient!

Night!

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For dinner I wanted something really easy because I was making my cupcakes and getting things ready for the party tomorrow!  I threw this together and loved it!  It literally took 15 min.

Tofu Asparagas Quinoa

• 1/2 c. quinoa cooked as usual
• 1/2 block of tofu
• bunch of fresh asparagas

Cooke the tofu in a skillet until browned with:

• soy sauce
• fresh garlic
• minced ginger from TJ’s
• salt and pepper
• sesame oil (just a dash)
• sesame seeds

Broil asparagas with salt and pepper and a little EVOO (I used PAM) until done.

Mix quinoa, tofu and cut up asparagas!  Enjoy!

I am really loving tofu!  It tastes so fresh!
Get excited for lots of fun recipes from the party tomorrow!

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